Blogs
Book Haven at the Wellington Performance Arcade
It’s been a busy start to the year for us as we’ve been preparing to bring our books to the Wellington waterfront.
For the next 5 days we will be at the Performance Arcade 2024 in the Pop-Up Books container (the shop will still be open as usual).
Poetry Reading with Renae Williams
June 27 from 6pm - 7pm "The poetry will be popping, the toasters are def popping, and there's plenty of spreads to go around!"
'A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha'
This Friday, 26 May, at Newtown Library, is the special launch of 'A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha' and Book Haven will be there with copies of the book for sale.
Across the Cultiverse - A talk with Anke Richter
We're very excited to be hosting Anke Richter, author of 'Cult Trip: Inside the World of Coercion & Control' on Thursday 18 May at 6.30pm.
Producing 'Peacemonger'
Author, editor and publisher Mark Derby will be in the shop on Tuesday 21 February 6.30pm to talk about 'Peacemonger' - the book about internation...
Book Launch: Splendid Bush
Book Haven and the Freedom Shop invite you to the launch of Splendid Bush by Clare Havell-Shufflebotham.
Splendid Bush is a queer reckoning with lo...
Being an investigative journalist: A talk with Nicky Hager
We're looking forward to hosting a talk with Nicky Hager in the shop on Tuesday 22 November, 6:30pm.
Nicky is a local journalist whose work has h...
Six months of bookshop life
We've been in Book Haven now for half a year, and each day is always a pleasure. No two days are the same, and working with books and book lovers i...